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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Martin Romualdez, has called for the majority, if not all, of the 13 remaining priority measures of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to be passed before the sine die adjournment at the end of the next month.

We shall make our best effort to accomplish that goal. The measures we have coming up will complement the ones we’ve previously enacted and support President Marcos’ Agenda for Prosperity and eight-point socioeconomic strategy, according to a statement from Romualdez.

In a late-Monday all-party caucus presided over by Romualdez, the president of Lakas-CMD, leaders of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD), PDP-Laban, Nacionalista Party (NP), National Unity Party (NUP), Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), and Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc. (PCFI) pledged their support.

Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr., Deputy Speaker, and Reps. According to the Speaker’s office, Johnny Pimentel of Surigao del Sur and Rida Robes of San Jose City represented PDP-Laban of the party leaders’ caucus.

Reps. Eleandro Jesus “Budoy” Madrona of Romblon, Robert Ace Barbers of Surigao del Norte, and Janette Garin of Iloilo spoke on behalf of the NP, and PCFI president and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co did the same.

Reps. Mark Enverga of Quezon and Kristine Meehan Singson of Ilocos Sur represented the NPC. In contrast, Robbie Puno of Antipolo City and Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. of Camarines Sur represented the NUP.

Reps. Angelica Natasha Co of the BHW Party-list, Brian Yamsuan of the Bicol Saro Party list, and Toby Tiangco of the Navotas joined the meeting.

Romualdez called the caucus shortly after presiding over the opening day of the first session of the Congress after the break for Holy Week.

For the House to pass all of the urgent measures mentioned by President Marcos in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) and later adopted by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), he urged his fellow party leaders to make the most of and effectively use the remaining four weeks of sessions.

The Speaker’s appeal was well received, according to Deputy Speaker Gonzales and other party leaders.

“We sincerely hope to complete it before our yearly required adjournment. To complete the goal, we are prepared to go above and beyond, Gonzales added.

On behalf of his party, Barbers remarked, “President Marcos’ legislative priority will benefit the Filipino people, and these measures deserve our support.”

Romualdez claimed on Sunday that Marcos had signed off on 11 more LEDAC-related bills, bringing the total number of priority administrative measures up to 42 from the initial 31.

The proposed Department of Health Specialty Centers in Hospitals Act, which seeks to expand healthcare services by establishing specialized care centers in hospitals under the direction and control of the Department of Health (DOH), was approved on final reading by the House on Monday.

In the final days of the first regular session of the 19th Congress, the House hopes to pass HB 7751, one of the initial eight SONA-LEDAC priority bills.

The National Land Use Act, the Department of Water Resources and Services, the establishment of a Water Regulatory Commission, the Budget Modernization Act, the National Defense Act, amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act, and the bill on a unified system of separation, retirement, and pension for uniformed personnel are the other seven bills from the original LEDAC measures.

Five of the eleven new LEDAC bills have already received approval from the House of Representatives and have been forwarded to the Senate. These include the Local Government Unit Income Classification, the Maharlika Investment Fund, the Ease of Paying Taxes, the Universal Health Care Act Amendment, and the AFP Fixed Term Bill (sent to the President).

Two of the six remaining new LEDAC bills—the Infrastructure Development Plan/Build Build Build Program and the Bureau of Immigration Modernization bill—are now being prepared as committee reports.

The Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS), the National Employment Action Plan, the Amendment to the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, and the Philippine Salt Industry Development Act all have committee/technical working group (TWG) status.

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